situation we have frequent specialist checks to assess their condition and repeat a fall campaign thomas brookman opposes preventive detention that's because he wants longer sentences in the first place. last year another sex offender not given preventive detention was released back into his community a move that still causes angry protests today now these fears of being replicated across germany got to be a few. these criminals will repeat such crimes again that's the worst thing that could happen and it probably will happen because they were put away others also think the new arrangements are less than satisfactory it costs far more to keep offenders under guard in the community than behind bars the german newspaper billed put the figure at twelve thousand euros a day compared to one hundred a day in prison a large price to pay for the noise argue it hardly provides the freedoms of daily life if he goes into a shop and there's always two people following him if he goes to a doctor two people are next to him and that's that's impossible to have a normal life michael ray burger is now fighting fo